Excursion on Embarkation Day

[prmssk]

Anyone ever booked an excursion for embarkation day?  How were the logistics of checking in and boarding handled?  We leave out of Honolulu and they are offering a 10:30 a.m. snorkeling excursion on embarkation day.  Does check in start that early or do you check in afterwards?  Is there somewhere to put your carry on belongings during the excursion?

[travlr21]

I don't think I have ever heard of this, the logistics of embarking and then going on the excursion would be interesting. Where are you seeing it? I wonder if it is an error somewhere, possibly it is an excursion offered when there is an overnight in Honolulu, and/or possibly to B2B guests? Do let us know if you find out more.

[prmssk]

2 minutes ago, travlr21 said:

I don't think I have ever heard of this, the logistics of embarking and then going on the excursion would be interesting. Where are you seeing it? I wonder if it is an error somewhere, possibly it is an excursion offered when there is an overnight in Honolulu, and/or possibly to B2B guests? Do let us know if you find out more.

It's being offered on my Honolulu to Vancouver cruise on the Eclipse next May.  We do overnight in Honolulu but this specific excursion is available to reserve for both day 1 (embarkation day) and day 2.  I supposed it could be available to B2B guests (as I would imagine some do stay on from the Sydney to Honolulu leg) but if that is the case, it seems odd it would be available to me to book in the cruise planner when I am not a B2B guest.  It's not something I had ever seen before.  Maybe it is an error.

[canderson]

Makes sense they could offer it day1 since you can't get left behind, and day2 if you have a mid-late afternoon departure.

[prmssk]

22 minutes ago, canderson said:

Makes sense they could offer it day1 since you can't get left behind, and day2 if you have a mid-late afternoon departure.

Absolutely it makes sense to offer excursions both days and we don't depart until midnight the second day so there is plenty of time either day.  I'm just thrown off by the 10:30 a.m. excursion time on day 1 which is before the typical arrival time windows for embarkation day so I'm not sure how that works logistically.

[canderson]

8 minutes ago, prmssk said:

Absolutely it makes sense to offer excursions both days and we don't depart until midnight the second day so there is plenty of time either day.  I'm just thrown off by the 10:30 a.m. excursion time on day 1 which is before the typical arrival time windows for embarkation day so I'm not sure how that works logistically.

Will grant that this excursion is a little unusual.

 

These pre-cruise excursions typically start as an airport pickup.  They hold your bags in the bus during the excursion.  Most of the time, street clothes make perfect sense since they're usually 'town tours', but clearly not in this particular case!  You'd want to conveniently pack your swim gear into a separate bag for changing wherever that occurs.

 

Do they mention a pickup point?  Airport?

 

[prmssk]

10 minutes ago, canderson said:

Do they mention a pickup point?  Airport?

There is no mention of airport pickup.

[canderson]

17 minutes ago, prmssk said:

There is no mention of airport pickup.

That's a strange one.  I'd call Celebrity, ask for the shorex desk, and see if they can elaborate a bit.